Registered Dietitian - How to start a Career Objective essay: intellectual interests

I Have been practicing as a Registered Dietitian since 2002, but now I want to pursue Masters in Speech Language Pathology.

A college requires a career objective essay of 500 words describing your intellectual and academic interests, accomplishments, and goals. if there is anything anomalous in your undergraduate record, please explain.

I don't know where to start.

Any tips/advise would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

I. Introduction - what have you done to date and why are you interested in speech pathology. Why the switch from dietician? Briefly state your goals and aspirations.

II. Your expereince academically and professionally - accomplishments.

III. Why speech pathology and why this university.

IV. Conclusion - why you are the best candidate for this university.

Good ideas from my old friend, Linmark. Haven't seen you for like 10 years... :-)

This essay lets you have about 5 paragraphs. One para will end in a thesis statement that has the concept that you want the reader to actually remember. Your essay boils down to that statement at the end of the first para.

So, that is what it is all about: one message to the reader. It is a message that can be hammered in with the use of three points, each to be expressed in the topic sentence of a body paragraph. Then, the conclusion is your chance to leave the reader with one last idea to think about as they contemplate your message.

So what is the message? Make it something useful to the reader, something inspirational or insightful. Your story has a moral, a theme.